Re: V8 5 Speed the best Quattro ever made

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

Brett,

If you haven't looked closely at a V8, I'd suggest you do so.  Yes the 20vt
is a faster, sportier car.  However, overall, the V8 is a much nicer,
better car than the 20vt.  It just wasn't a popular car in the US.
Although, I can't think of any automatic that IS popular with car
enthusiasts either.

You wouldn't believe how different the V8 is from the 20vt.  They may look
similar, but are very, very different.  It's not a refined 5000 like the
20vt is.  The V8 is much more than that.

I'm glad dealers can't give them away.  Maybe some day we'll have two of
them instead of just one.

All I know is:
1) I enjoy my wife's V8
2) Ingo's V8 in the hands of Scott Justinson on the Pueblo Motorsports
track was just incredible.  This was an e ticket ride and he was only at
6/10th in a NA car at 5000 ft.!

You may not agree with the V8 5-speed sellers marketing, but don't flame
all V8's in the process.  Take a ride with someone who knows how to drive
one, and you will realize how great and unduly underappreciated the V8
quattros really are.

Just my $6.66 (5 minutes at $80/hour bill rate -- would be nice to get paid
that much!)

Best Regards,

John Karasaki


At 01:28 PM 7/7/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>I'm here to share with you a rare opportunity in life.
>Oh wow.  I can go to sleep tonight knowing my problems are over! :)
>
>>I am selling the most sought after Quattro of all. The V8 Quattro 5 Speed.
>That's semi-true.  The V8 is certainly NOT one of the most sought Quattros.
>The V8 5 speed is, but ONLY for people who are looking for a V8 in the
>first place.  The 5 speed is the only V8 that doesn't seriously blow
>cookies.  The automatics are virtually worthless.  Dealers can't GIVE them
>away.  I saw one sit on a lot in Boston for 3-4 months.  Finally, the price
>started dropping $1k every week until it finally dissapeared after hitting
>a low of about $10k.
>
>>The '91 V8 Quattro 5 speed is a very rare car and this one is Pearl White.
>righty-o.  Not to mention the parts are fairly "rare"(translation:
>expensive) as well!  That car is so kludged together that it shares next to
>nothing with other models.
>
>>It only has 81k miles. This car runs and sounds awesome.
>Hmm.  Seems like fairly low milage.  Typical on a 1991 Audi is 100k
>according to KBB.
>
>Of course, I always evaluate a car on how it sounds!
>
>>Price is $20.5k
>
><cough>  Try 15k to even get someone to show interest.  You're selling a
>mid-vintage V8, not a 92/93.  $20k would get you a lousy-condition 92 S4,
>not a 91 V8.  A 200q 20v is worth, with 60k miles, maybe $15k.
>
>>Please feel free to e-mail me at AQUATTRO4U@aol.com
>Gee, looks like someone has a dealership(A Quattro for you?  Corny.  AQ4U
>would have been better.)
>
>Considering the V8 is several hundred pounds heavier than a 200, and the
>200 is easily boosted from 217(better hp/weight ratio stock) to 285 for
>$500, kicking the V8's butt and having a better HP/weight ratio than many
>sports coupes, I would say the 200q 20v is the best Quattro made for
>_consumers_, not racing.  The RS2 wagon comes in close 2nd, its main
>problem being the astronomical price and extremely low production build,
>not to mention it's not really a true/whole audi(yhea, they built it, but
>Porsche finished up the job, which is kinda weak on audi's part.  Seems
>more like a marketing decision than anything else.)
>
>
>Brett
>91 200q 20v (my car will help Arun's 200q 20v beat up your V8.)
>
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>Brett Dikeman
>brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net
>~)-|
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>Te audire non possum.  Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
>Ita, scio hunc 'sig file' veterem fieri.
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